Man arrested in Saratoga Springs for allegedly threatening woman with a knife

SARATOGA SPRINGS -- A Middle Grove man was arrested early Sunday morning in the Saratoga Springs Public Library parking lot for allegedly threatening a woman with a knife.

After city police responded to the library to investigate reports of a fight, Mark A. Roberts, 29, of Kilmer Road was charged with second-degree menacing and fourth-degree criminal possession of a weapon, misdemeanors. Roberts was one of the participants in the fight, police said, and allegedly pulled out a knife and threatened a female who also was involved.

Officers secured the weapon and Roberts was taken to the city police department, processed and jailed pending a court arraignment.